Chief of feces-eating cult arrested after 11 lifeless our bodies found during raid

Thai police raided the compound of a suspected cult leader in Chaiyaphum province on Sunday, discovering not less than 11 bodies throughout the search. Local authorities had been in a position to raid the compound after the group allegedly violated land encroachment laws and broke Covid-19 restriction legal guidelines.

Legislation enforcement had already been made conscious of the group after allegations had been shared that the group had been consuming the bodily fluids of its leader. After police made their method onto the camp grounds, police then discovered the stays of 11 our bodies in coffins.

Nonetheless, the group was solely in a position to present death certificates belonging to 5 of the 11 of the deceased. Police have ordered autopsies to be carried out to determine the causes of demise of the our bodies.

The suspected chief of the group has been detained for questioning, but earlier than the arrest lots of his followers tried to stop police from arresting the aged man throughout the raid. 

The unusual group was recognized in the space to conduct themselves in a religious-like method, the place devotees of the “father,” Thawee Nanra, 75, would do virtually anything for the man. Some say he would pressure his followers to drink his urine, eat his feces, and devour dirt with the intention to heal bodily illnesses.

Cult-like groups usually are not unusual in Thailand. In 2019, a ‘rape cult’ on Koh Phangan was revelaed the place feminine college students say they were promised religious practice only to be coerced into sex or raped by its founder. Last year, an aged monk decapitated himself with a homemade gadget in an attempt to reincarnate as the next being. His followers helped him build the contraption and helped him commit suicide. Extra widely known is the Dhammakaya group, a massively rich Buddhist sect that critics and former followers name a cult.

The incident has rapidly gone viral on social media, with netizens sharing their disgust in opposition to the cult’s practices of consuming human waste. The Thai-language hashtag #พระบิดา (#Father) saw over 141,000 mentions as of Monday’s afternoon.

A snippet from tv exhibits a woman, who seems to be a member of the cult, saying that she did not detect any unpleasant odor while consuming the human waste.  

“There isn’t even an odor,” the girl remarked. “Only these with a tainted thoughts could smell it.”

"ไม่มีกลิ่นหรอกค่ะ มีแต่คนจิตไม่ดีเท่านั้นเเหละค่ะที่จะได้กลิ่น"
กูหลุดขำกับคำพูดนี้มาก ยายแกคิดได้ไง5555555555555555#พระบิดา pic.twitter.com/rNOaZJBLxq

One twitter consumer pointed out that the one who uncovered this cult was Mor Pla, a celeb volunteer who has helped uncover suspicious non secular cases, relatively than native authorities. 

“It was purported to be the police that raided this cult in the first place, isn’t it?,” one Twitter user questioned.

ที่งงคือทำไมถึงต้องเป็นหมอปลาที่เป็นคนประสานหรือนำสังคมไปเจอเรื่องอะไรแบบนี้ ทั้งที่คนที่ควรจะเป็นบุกไปจับ ไปเจอ หรือเปิดเผยมันควรเป็น ตร. หรือ จนท. ของรัฐ ไม่ใช่หรอ ทำไมถึงปล่อยให้มีเรื่องขนาดนี้เกิดขึ้น สุดจริงบ้านนี้เมืองนี้ #พระบิดา

Several tweets describe what happened as a failure of Thailand’s schooling system, notably in the area of hygiene. “I can’t bear the thought of greater than half of the nation being like this,” another Twitter consumer wrote.
Thai Enquirer tried to reach native police in Chaiyaphum for remark, however they didn't respond by the time of publishing.

Authorities are nonetheless looking the group’s compound for other suspicious material. This is an ongoing story and we could have extra details within the coming days.